.THE legislations of war offer special security to hospitals. They shed that protection if they are actually used for "damaging" shows. Israel has long asserted that al-Shifa health center, the biggest in the Gaza Bit, serves as a crucial demand centre for Hamas, the team which killed or even took hostage around 1,400 folks in Israel on October 7th. In the very early hours of November 15th, after a strained six-day stand-off, members of Shaldag, a best Israeli air-force task force unit, entered into one part of the hospital.